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title: Installing Canoeboot Free/Opensource BIOS/UEFI firmware
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Always check the Canoeboot website for the latest updates to
Canoeboot. News, including release announcements, can be found in
the [main news section](../news/).

[Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Canoeboot](../faq.md).

Need help?
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Help is available on [Canoeboot IRC](../contact.md) and other channels.

Installing Canoeboot
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-   [How to install Canoeboot](install/)

Installing operating systems
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-   [Install BSD operating systems on Canoeboot](bsd/)
-   [Install GNU/Linux on a Canoeboot system](linux/)

Information for developers
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-   [How to compile the Canoeboot source code](build/)
-   [Build system developer documentation](maintain/)
-   [GRUB payload](grub/)
-   [U-Boot payload](uboot/)

Other information
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-   [Miscellaneous](misc/)
-   [List of codenames](misc/codenames.md)

If you're using *release archives*, this documentation and accompanying images
are under `src/www/` and `src/img/` respectively, in the source release archive.
This fact is true for Canoeboot 20231026 and newer.
